Sessions

Sessions

Overview

Finance professionals can have a significant impact on the development of leading practice corporate governance via processes, procedures and controls to ensure legal and regulatory compliance, and structures to drive performance excellence.

This course provides an introduction to contemporary thinking on corporate governance. It assists financial professionals to understand how a board operates and what it should be doing to govern effectively. Further, it will assist you to support the board and prepare for directorship.

Key topics:

Governance versus management

Corporate governance in the 21st century

Establishing good corporate governance

Corporate governance frameworks

Corporate Governance Practice Framework

Key governance personnel

This course consists of one online course and one online assessment.

Objectives

Describe the major principles of corporate governance and explain why they are important

Discuss and critique the role of the finance professional in corporate governance

Interpret and apply principles of corporate governance to any situation

Evaluate the importance of key elements of a corporate governance framework

Recommend an appropriate corporate governance structure for any situation

Audience

This course is suitable for finance professionals who need to understand corporate governance in detail.